FREE SPEECH v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin T. Barr , Rockville, MD (Stephen Klein, Wyoming Liberty Group, Cheyenne, WY and Jack Speight, Cheyenne, WY, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kevin Deeley , Acting Associate General Counsel ( Anthony Herman , General Counsel, Lisa J. Stevenson , Deputy General Counsel-Law, Erin Chlopak , Acting Assistant General Counsel, David Kolker , Associate General Counsel and Adav Noti , Acting Assistant General Counsel, with him on the briefs), Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Fred Wertheimer , Democracy 21, Washington, D.C.; Donald J. Simon , Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Washington, D.C.; J. Gerald Hebert , Tara Malloy and Paul S. Ryan , The Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C.; and Larry B. Jones , Simpson, Kepler & Edwards, LLC, The Cody, Wyoming Division of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., Cody, Wyoming, on the Briefs for Amici Curiae.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, BRORBY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.